How to Build Muscle As Fast As Possible

To build muscle you need three basic things in an equation. Stimulus, nourishment, and recovery. Stimulus is lifting weights, running, exercising etc. Nourishment, getting the right nutrients and adequate hydration. Recovery, this means rest, I'm not just talking about sleep, but resting a part of your body for a sufficient time to enable muscle growth.

Now, this is a very simple equation, but if it's so simple why is it so hard to get ripped or look like Arnold Schwarzenegger did before he became governor. Well, truth be told, genetics do play an important role, but it it often misunderstood. To clarify some people are born with natural talents, and other people have to work at them. Now, even if you are not the natural gifted in basketball, that doesn't mean you can't make the team or even become a star. It jsut means you need to work harder and smarter too.

Step 1: Exercise!!!

For this step you need to have a plan of action. What do you want? To improve your performance in your sport? Look good naked? Become a body builder? A Champion Boxer? You need to decide what you want in order to truly succeed at this building muscle. People that build muscle for a purpose do better than people that just enter a gym as a routine or something to do to burn calories. People who enter a gym and just exercise without a sense of direction, will must likely fail in the long run, EVEN if they are what we call gifted genetically and can easily build muscle.

For Exercising and weight training refer to this article

How to Get Super Strong in Less than Two Hours a Week

Step 2: Nourishment. Feed your body what you need.

Avoid processed sugar, processed food, fast food, alcohol, smoking, illegal drugs, white flour, and white rice too if you can. Sometimes these food have benefits, but there are too many toxins in them or other negative things to make them truly beneficial.

Also, drink, drink water and tea too. This helps your muscles recover and grow.

EAT!!!!!!

Eat foods packed with protein and the right kinds of fat. Beans, like soy beans and brown beans are among the best, but remember not to over due it with soy beans, because too much (Normally it takes drinking gallons of this a week) can affect your hormone levels and give you more estrogen and less testosterone. Dairy, nuts, fish, meat are also great sources of protein, for best results diversify.

Eat a high protein meal about 30 minutes to an hour after your workout, this is an optimal window for muscle growth.

Another great thing to help fuel your body and assist with muscle growth is tea, green tea, black tea or oolong tea.

For more information on Oolong tea, click the link below.

Oolong Tea

Step 3: Rest

Make sure your getting enough sleep at least eight hours a night if not more. Also, after you have trained for a number of weeks or months. Rest, change to light cardio for a few days or a week. Stretch, do yoga, or anything light like walking, riding your bicycle or swimming. Your body needs to have off days or even weeks if you are seriously pushing your body.

Note: most people never need to rest more than a few days, but serious athletes do. Don't just sit around watching TV, but don't kill yourself either.